Which Email programme

[bikerpiker]

Do any of you guys have problems with your emails

I use Windows Mail (Vista operating system) ,which i believe is a newer version of outlook express.

The thing is ,at least 2 of my mates dont recieve my emails ,well one recieves around 30% of them ,the other doesnt recieve any at all
When i send them,they go to my sent items folder, and none ever get returned to me ,so it seems as if they've sent with no problems

I have since opened an email account with Googlemail ,and both guys have recieved all emails ive sent them with Google

I'd really like to keep using Windows mail, as amongst other reasons i just click on it from the start menu , and it opens, where with Googlemail, Yahoo, or even Orange (my Internet service provider) etc you need to type in user name and password

Any of you guys with same problem

[Stratman]

Can't see a connection (no pun intended). Either it gets sent to a valid e-mail address, or it doesn't. The receiving account won't differentiate between what program it was created in.

I still use Outlook Express and Outlook for most e-mail. Sometimes I have to use the webmail option and it will give me an undeliverable report, so I just resend from OE or whatever.

Maybe the ones rejected had something in common that the recipients e-mail program couldn't handle?

[bikerpiker]

Cheers Stratman,

The thing is , i used to have the very same problem with my old pc when i used Outlook Express , but only to 1 contact who used Hotmail

Forgot to mention that both contacts who don't recieve my emails both use their internet providers own email programme which is AOL

The fact that when i send them, and they are going to my "sent items folder",and not returned to me would seem to point the finger of any problems being at their end Mind you,i ts strange that when i sent the exact same messages with google ,the recipitents recieved them

Also I was only sending text, with no attachments .

Thanks

[marravtr]

AOL is crap mate! its there prob not yours

[bikerpiker]

AOL is crap mate! its there prob not yours

Just wait till i see them both tomorrow at work...and they've got the cheek to complain to me for not receivin my emails.....they're both with AOL mail ...too much of a coincidence..

[stormingjoe]

I use outlook and windows live desktop rather than web version all work ok, with outlook you need to press the send and receive button or email will remain in sent folder, aol use different ports for the imap/smtp settings worth checking, but I think you just need to press the button mentioned, before you close email programme.

[Collywog19]

Mozilla Thunderbird here, no probs ever!

Col

[Seven Of Nine Firestorm]

Mozilla Thunderbird here, no probs ever!

Col

Heard alot about the Mozilla Thunderbird but still not installed, then again I don't use outlook express, is Thunderbird alot better ?.

[Collywog19]

I love thunderbird, imo its worth trying it out.

got 3 accounts on it now, and only ever problem i had once was becasue of AVG antivirus, other than that its been ACE.

Col

[firestorm_al]

Could it be that the AOL system is blocking the Microsoft mail messages as it thinks they are spam?

[JohnD]

Have been using Mozilla Thunderbird for 6 or so years now

Can pick up your googlemail with it via IMAP too.

Micro$oft Outlook etc is rubbish

[JohnD]

New Windows Mail is basically Windows Live which is Hotmail at the heart of it, which is notoriously sh1t, even more so that AOL.

I speak from experience, i use both among my many email accounts. Google is best freebie i have found.

+1

[bikerpiker]

Still sumfin strange happening,..the 2 mates that i email use AOL, but they dont recieve my emails when i use "windows mail"(vista)...so i email those particular two with Googlemail
Still one mate not recieving them properly(he get around 30% of them).

Not a big deal really as i work beside them anyway

[Beamish]

Still sumfin strange happening,..the 2 mates that i email use AOL, but they dont recieve my emails when i use "windows mail"(vista)...so i email those particular two with Googlemail
Still one mate not recieving them properly(he get around 30% of them).

Not a big deal really as i work beside them anyway

Get the guys to check their respective spam folders, I use AOL (good service in my opinion) I have to check the spam filters from time to time if an email goes walkies.

HTH